Er doped nanocrystalline ZnO planar waveguide structures for 1.55 μm amplifier applications
- 4 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 75 (14) , 2005-2007
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.124897
Abstract
Amplifying planar waveguide structures in Er-doped nanocrystalline II/VI semiconductor layer systems were developed by photolithography and wet chemical etching. 2 μm thick planar waveguides on glass substrates with lateral dimensions down to 5 μm with rectangular cross section were realized. By optical excitation a maximum gain of 82 cm−1 could be determined, which is sufficiently high to allow the design of compact planar amplifiers in this material system. The influence of a thermal sintering step on the gain spectrum and on the fluorescence lifetime has been investigated. By increasing the sintering temperature to 800 °C a consistent increase of gain and fluorescence lifetime was observed.Keywords
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